1:58 PM,
Dec. 28, 2012

About 30,000 Tennesseans will lose their unemployment benefits when a federal program ends next week

Written by

Duane Marsteller
| The Tennessean

About 30,000 Tennesseans will lose their unemployment benefits when a federal program ends next week, state labor officials said today.

A possible extension of those benefits is one of the many topics that are part of the negotiations in Washington over the so-called "fiscal cliff," a combination of tax changes and spending cuts that are set to take effect in 2013.

Thousands of Tennesseans are receiving extended unemployment benefits under the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, which is set to expire on Wednesday. The program pays benefits to those who have ...